This year David and I will be spending
our first Christmas at home together and we are so excited!
We are excited to establish our own family traditions
and have searched hi and low for wonderful,
Christ-centered traditions to bring into our home.
Here's a few of the ideas we got from other wonderful
families in our group of friends at church...
-Visiting a nursing home
-Volunteering at a soup kitchen
-Acts of service paper chain
-Advent the four Sunday's before Christmas to talk about Christ as a family
-Giving a gift to the Savior on Christmas eve each year
-Filling the manger with acts of service to prepare Christ's bed for His birth
-Wrapping 24 favorite family books and opening one each day and
reading it as a family leading up to Christmas
-Doing a charitable act in someone else's name as your gift to them for Christmas
-Family prayer and read Luke chapter 2 before opening presents
to remember the Savior's birth
-Add a new ornament to the tree each year to eventually fill your tree with
family memories from over the years
-Anonymously donate to a family in need
Merry Christmas!
May Christ be at the center of this holiday for you!
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